Kings 1 and 11 is a story of the evolution of Kings. It is the story of the evolution of leadership. Belief in unity and the omnipresence of God and the equality of all men brings more peace and abundance than separation and inequality. The soul learns through trial and error but it continues to advance with a few slips backwards. The Song of Solomon expresses this as well.
Once again we see the theme that the second son is the wiser and is the son that becomes more prominent in the story.
Bathsheba is the favorite wife and we see that she represents stolen waters which are always sweeter. Solomon’s numerous wives represent his thoughts. The good thoughts multiply therefore he has a thousand wives. His abundance is unlimited.
Rev. Guy explains that fulfillment of ourselves is only one thought away. I love that.
David represents the fulfillment of God’s promise to Abraham that Abraham’s descendents will be kings forever. Our king David is risen from being a shepherd, someone who was also a poet and was able to sooth the king with his music and poetry when the king was suffering from what may have been migraine headaches. It appears all our leaders in the Bible are raised from lower positions in life. Moses and Jacob and Joseph are some we have read about.
David means “The Beloved”. Solomon means “Wisdom”. This journey of the soul indeed guides the beloved and as it attains wisdom we evolve and advance. The temple is a demonstration in consciousness. The demonstration is of wisdom, strength, and beauty. The wisdom inspires us, the strength sustains us and the beauty adorns. The quality of life is improved. When we are open to giving and receiving then love awakens in us.
When Solomon lets his ego reign over his spiritual side his kingdom and his temple becomes vulnerable.
Nathan, the prophet, represents guidance and keeps giving to the beloved just as we are always receiving guidance each on our own path. The gift is our intuition. We need only listen for it and will know how to live. Ignoring it and following only the ego can be treacherous and dangerous. We find this to be demonstrated in the Song of Solomon as well.
The Song of Solomon is a sweet story of man’s experience of loving God. At first there is the fresh experience of new young love, involved in the physical sensations and always in the honeymoon mode. It becomes obsessed with its seeming imperfections and has self esteem inner conflicts. This prevents total immersion in the pure love it seeks to experience. God sees only man’s perfection and loves him/her completely. In the next section the soul matures to the middle stage and becomes aware of the pull of the material world. It becomes less involved with spiritual contact and experiences separation. It feels as though it can stand alone and be self sufficient. It flounders alone. Sadness ensues and the sense of loss becomes overwhelming. It begins to seek to reunite with its source. Emptiness brings it to the brink of desperation. It is in crisis. This is the moment of another awakening. It searches and cries out and follows through on the awakening urge to make connection again. Ego is released and intuition is heard again. Separation dissipates and gladness ensues as it awakens and reunites and basks in the knowledge of Oneness. Muriel pointed out that it is a sort of treatment which I am beginning to see as well.
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